Don't Go to Kauai(高二适用)

DontgotoKauai.GotoanyoftheotherHawaiianIslands———Maui,Lanai,theBigIsland———butleaveKauaiforus.TheweatheronKauaiissounpredictable.Sometimesitrainsallday———infact,itsthesecond-wettestspotonearth.Yes,therearegiantdoublerainbowsallthetime,andthesunlightthroughthecloudsismagical.Butifyouarenotinterestedinthese,gosomewhereelse.YoujustcantcontrolthenatureonKauai,andwhowantstosurrendertothenaturewhenyoucouldbeatafinehotel,lyinginacomfortablechairnexttoaswimmingpool,withfoodserveduponrequ…     

Kenya's Monkeys

Itsdifficulttogetclosetopatasmonkeys(花脸猴).Cleverandner-vous,theyrunawayatthesightofhumans.Thelong-leggedmonkeys,clocked(记录[速度])at34milesanhour,easilyescapedfromthezoologistLynneIsbellwhenshearrivedinKenyain1992.“IthoughtIcouldkeepuponahorseorabicycle,buttreesgotintheway,”shesays.Aftersixmonthsofpatienttrackingonfoot,Isbellwasfinal-lyabletositwithinafewyardsawayfromonegroupthatlivedontheLaikipiaPlateau(高原).Andsoshebeganaten-yearmission.Asifonahigh-speedbiologicalclock,patasmonkey…     

谈中学英语写作教学

著名语言学家Ｈａｒｍｅｒ把掌握外语的四种技能听、说、读、写又合并为两大类:一、接受技能(Ｒｅｃｅｐｔｉｖｅｓｋｉｌｌｓ),主要指听、读;二是生产技能(Ｐｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｖｅｓｋｉｌｌｓ),主要指说、写。接受技能又称为语言输入(Ｉｎｐｕｔ),生产技能又称为语言输出(Ｏｕｔｐｕｔ)。两者的关系Ｈａｒｍｅｒ认为,如果学生仅仅是语言输入,他们的大脑只是孤立地存储许多语言知识,而当在某一特定场景需要运用某一语言时,却拿不出来。只有当语言输入和语言输出相结合时,才会使学生对他们学到的语言重新估计,从而产生进一步努力学习的欲望。…     

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农历正月十五夜是我国民间传统的庆典元宵节,俗称“灯节”。元宵节是整个春节的最后一幕。在台湾,元宵节这一天,家家张灯、户户结彩,尤其是“北天灯,南蜂炮”两大盛会常常会吸引数十万民众参加。台湾有句民谚“元宵雨干人怨”,由此可见台湾同胞对元宵节的重视。     

Don＇t Go to Kauai（高二适用）

Don‘t go to Kauai. Go to any of the other Hawaiian Islands—Maui, Lanai, the Big Island—but leave Kauai for us. The weather onKauai is so unpredictable. Sometimes it rains all day—in fact,     

Life From Nebraska

As late winter slides into spring,groups of m igrating sand-hillcranes(沙丘鹤)show up along the Platte R iver V alley in south-centralN ebraska.Each year abouthalfa m illion cranes m ake a stop in N ebraskaon their way from the A m erican Southwestto the …